ABSTRACT
Islam was born and developed in a plural society, and the Qur'an itself refers to non-Islamic religions in an open and explicit way. From the early ages of Islam, Muslim scholars have placed Islam among world religions. This chapter focuses on exclusivism and pluralism in Islamic theology of religions. It analyse the usages of Alan Race's threefold typology in the context of the Islamic theology of religions. The chapter also analyses the Qur'anic position on non-Islamic religions as the Qur'an and its interpretation play a central role in the Islamic theology of religions. It considers acceptance of other religious traditions as salvific means to be a distinguishing mark of inclusivism. The Quran is believed by Muslims to be the revealed word of God to the Prophet Muhammad via the angel Gabriel over the period of twenty-three years between the years 610 and 623. In the contemporary Islamic tradition, Farid Esack develops an ethical form of pluralism.
